Strona di Mosso
| Strona di Mosso | |
|---|---|
| File:Strona a cossato.jpg The Strona di Mosso in Cossato | |
| File:Strona di mosso location map.jpg Location within central Piedmont (NW Italy) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy: province of Biella |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bocchetto di Sessera southern slopes |
| • elevation | around 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cervo |
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• elevation | 207.0 m (679.1 ft)[1] |
| Length | 23 km (14 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 102 km2 (39 mi2)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (mouth) 2.1 m3/s (74 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cervo→ Sesia→ Po→ Adriatic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | rio Berguso, rio Overa, rio Poala |
| • right | rio Soccasca, torrente Tamarone, torrente Quargnasca |
The Strona di Mosso (Piedmontese: Stron-a ëd Mòss) is a 23-kilometre (14 mi) long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or rivers.[3]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The river starts in the Biellese Alps near Bocchetto Sessera, a mountain pass connecting its valley with Val Sessera. Flowing initially from northwest to southeast it reaches Valle Mosso, where it encircles Monte Rovella and turns southwards. In Cossato it gets out of the Alps and enters into the Po plain. After receiving from the right its main tributary, the Quargnasca, it flows into the river Cervo.[1]
Floods
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The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.
References
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
